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// Prologue - The Accident 
// Story: Genisis 
// by RowanSkie 
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“So, monsieur Fredrick Gemstone, are you ready for the public test drive of the ISM Dimensional Jump Device?”

A brown fox looked over from his phone, nodding. His butler sighed.

“Monsieur Gemsto—” he began.

Fredrick raised his hand. “I don’t need to be reminded, Flei. I’m good, that’s all.” He looked at his phone. “Just waiting for my friend, who was supposed to be here minutes ago!”

“I said I was going late, Fred!” his friend complained as she went out of a styled car. “There was traffic, and police trying to not let me through to pick you up.”

“You’re a fox, Jess,” Fredrick countered back. “Use the stereotypes.”

Jess huffed. “Why were stereotypes even invented…” she complained in a hoarse voice, eyes wandering towards her watch and immediately jumped. “We’re late!”

“Wait, ‘we?’” Fredrick noticed. “I know I have my ‘test drive,’ but what about you?”

“Harvard,” Jess explained.

Fredrick looked over to Flei before both fox and vixen ran. The butler looked over to himself before heading off to follow his master in orders of ISAMD itself. Flei had known that something will terribly happen, and he hoped that he could stop such disaster. Entering a special limousine, he began to follow the young foxes’ car. He should’ve warned them. Turning and shifting gears, he soon found himself staring at two toll gate officers. He sighed, his hands fiddling towards his wallet where his identification card was. Looking over on what he got and smirking, he showed it to the officers. They politely excused themselves off which allowed Flei to advance through. Once far enough, he parked in a reserved space on his true name, picked up a suit and then followed the two foxes as they went towards the SMDEC.

“International Science and Magic Division,” Flei whispered to nobody. “a group known for being science and magical, despite arguments against joining each other.” With a click, his identification card went to loosely hang on his left chest. “I’ve seen what will happen. Alerith Laboratories and Yeltor Enterprises will it bring. But Crossia…”

He had arrived just in time for the public demonstration as “Prof. James Hollander” on the public auditorium. He spied the ISM Dimensional Jump Device, a small portal with machinations connected to the main ring. He shuddered at the sight of the poor recreated of the Dream Tower Transport Portals.

“... and now, for our public demonstrator, Fredrick Opalscene Gemstone!” the announcer… announced. Flei watched his master arrive on stage “And now if you please, activate the machine and tell us your experience as we all watch our esteemed guest use the machine.”

Fredrick nodded before noticing Flei with his grim look. The fox had known that once his trusted butler is near him, something will go wrong. Gulping, Fredrick continued on activating the prototype only to be sucked into it. Everybody panicked and ran off except for the suited butler who instead crossed his right fingers and chanted a spell to him.

“To save mortal encased in the spell!”
“I command to the sky to save from void!”
“In form w’ no memory from this quell!”
“I say this, for ne’er shall you be thrown!”

And then there was white as the machine exploded.